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I've been poor. Even homeless. It definitely changes your mindset, but I'm not sure in the way you think it does. I'm less afraid of poverty now. More able to
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
I've been poor. Even homeless. It definitely changes your mindset, but I'm not sure in the way you think it does.
I'm less afraid of poverty now. More able to take risks. Less afraid of "losing what I worked so hard to get".
I think what you're talking about is "the underclass" - people who have no experience of earning a wage and have lived off government benefits for multiple generations. They definitely have a different attitude to life.
- HPsquared 6y agoIt's the difference between being 'poor' and merely 'broke'.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoI think you're probably right.
- darkerside 6y agoHow long were you poor for, and how did you get out? And what was your prior educational history? I think it's awesome that you were able to do so and that you have and had a resilient mindset about it. I don't think everyone in that boat necessarily fares so well. But I'm open to being educated.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoTrue. I've had an expensive education, and always saw it as a temporary setback. I didn't use that education to work my way out of it (that was manual labouring on a construction site for cash in hand). But I also didn't immediately spend that cash in hand on beer and smokes like many of my contemporaries.